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Sahuaro High School → Empire High School → Cienega High School → Rincon High School → Andrada Polytechnic High School → University High School → Desert View High School → Palo Verde High Magnet School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 5 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: 61th percentile nationally
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Mica Mountain High compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 61th percentile nationally with 5 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyAZ sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Sahuaro High School, Empire High School, Cienega High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
61th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Arizona
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,674/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +13.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,319 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,657 per student in district revenue, the 1,138 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $12,127,666/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sahuaro High School TUCSON |
Public | 8.0 | 1,250 | -16.8% |
| Empire High School TUCSON |
Public | 2.0 | 886 | +2.9% |
| Cienega High School VAIL |
Public | 4.8 | 1,881 | -1.3% |
| Rincon High School TUCSON |
Public | 10.7 | 1,109 | -20.4% |
| Andrada Polytechnic High School TUCSON |
Public | 6.8 | 836 | +32.7% |
| University High School TUCSON |
Public | 10.7 | 982 | -13.0% |
| Desert View High School TUCSON |
Public | 8.4 | 2,102 | +3.5% |
| Palo Verde High Magnet School TUCSON |
Public | 7.8 | 767 | +18.0% |